2003 Novel and Short Story Writer's Market Book

	From the Editor	1
	The "Quick-Start" Guide to Publishing Your Fiction	2
	Personal Views
	Tracy Chevalier Breathes Life into History	6
	Michael Chabon: Trust the Process	8
	Bonnie Jo Campbell Makes Shift from Story to Novel Writing	10
	Stewart O'Nan: Write Not What You Know, But What You Want to Know	14
	Jeff Shaara: Bringing Alive the Stories of History	19
	Premiere Voices	23
	Craft & Technique
	Lightning in a Bottle: Five Rules for Metaphors and Similes	28
	Great Novels Start with Great Beginnings	33
	Subject Matters: With Fiction as with Food, Fresh is Better	39
	Getting Published
	Swimming Naked in the Sea of Publication	41
	A Tale of Two Start-Ups	46
	What Happens After the Contract is Signed?	50
	Foot in the Door: The Five Cardinal Rules of Queries	53
	The Business of Fiction Writing	58
	Electronic Publishing
	From the Editor's Chair: Kenyon Review's David Lynn on Moving Online	67
	Print on Demand: The Pros and Cons	70
	For Mystery Writers
	S.J. Rozan: Defining Space in Fiction	74
	Tamar Myers: Do Not Reject Rejection	77
	James Lee Burke: The Story is Already Written	80
	Mystery Markets Directory	83
	Resources for Mystery Writers	85
	For Romance Writers
	Red Dress Ink: Hip Novels for Urban Women	86
	Categorizing Romance: Easy Once You Get the Hang of It	89
	Emotionally Speaking: Romance Fiction in the Twenty-First Century	93
	Romance Markets Directory	97
	Resources for Romance Writers	99
	For Science Fiction/Fantasy & Horror Writers
	Telling the Old Stories, and Making Up the New Ones	100
	Teri Jacobs: At Home in Horror	103
	Greg Bear, On the 'New Frontier' of Storytelling	106
	Science Fiction/Fantasy & Horror Markets Directory	109
	Resources for Science Fiction/Fantasy & Horror Writers	113
	The Markets
	Literary Agents	117
	Literary Agents Category Index	135
	Literary Magazines	140
	insider reports
	Forty years between stories--An interview with short story writer Doug Rennie	158
	Discovering new writers is top priority for Nancy Zafris of The Kenyon Review	191
	One Story offers single author showcase	215
	New magazine Orchid focuses on emerging writers	218
	For Daniel Orozco, slow isn't necessarily bad	251
	Small Circulation Magazines	263
	Zines	286
	Online Markets	301
	Consumer Magazines	329
	Book Publishers	359
	insider reports
	Novelist Michael Lowenthal resists gay, Jewish labels	397
	Geoffrey Clark: Mining locale for rich material	426
	Contests & Awards	463
	Resources
	Conferences	513
	Writing Programs	565
	Organizations	581
	Publishers and Their Imprints	589
	Canadian Writers Take Note	593
	Printing and Production Terms Defined	594
	Glossary	596
	Contest Index by Deadline	600
	Conference Index by Date	603
	Category Index	606
	General Index	656